Georgia Women's Match Play down to quarterfinals

6/13/2012 | by Georgia State Golf Association

Laura Coble

The final eight include 5-time Georgia Senior Player of the Year, Brenda Pictor and 8-time Georgia Match Play champion, Laura Coble

CARROLLTON, Ga. (June 13, 2012) -- The quarterfinals are set at the Georgia Women's Match Play Championship and eight of today's matches were won by the higher seed at Sunset Hills Country Club. In Thursday's first quarterfinal match, Anna Buchanan of Athens will face Nikki Crowley of Phenix City at 8:30 a.m. Match two will see Caitlin Watts of LaGrange take on reigning five-time GSGA Senior Women's Player of the Year Brenda Pictor of Marietta at 8:38 a.m. Jackie Rajek of Suwanee will meet eight-time Georgia Women's Match Play champion Laura Coble of Augusta at 8:46 a.m. Rounding out the Championship flight, Sydney Needham of Villa Rica will go up against Amira Alexander of Alpharetta at 8:54 a.m. The 'final four' is set in the Tournament flight and Ellen Connors of Sharpsburg will square off against Jean Dawson of Suwanee Thursday at 9:02 a.m. In the flight's second match, sisters from Marietta, Holly and Clarice Cannon, will take on one another at 9:10 a.m. The Championship flight round of 32 and round of 16 matches took place Wednesday, as did the first round and quarterfinals of the Tournament flight. Quarterfinal and semifinal matches for the Championship flight will be contested Thursday, June 14, along with the semifinal and final matches of the Tournament flight. The Championship flight final will take place Friday, June 15, at Sunset Hills Country Club.

About the Georgia Women's Match Play

Open to female amateur golfers in two separate divisions - Championship and Senior Women's Championship (for those age 50 and older as of the first day of the competition) Maximum field size of 84 players - low 42 players chosen by handicap index for...

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